Astronauts
Vladimír Remek
- Date of Birth: 09/26/1948
- Nationality: Czechia
- First Flight: 03/02/1978
- Last Flight: 03/02/1978
Vladimír Remek (born 26 September 1948) is a Czech politician and diplomat as well as a former cosmonaut and military pilot. He flew aboard Soyuz 28 ...
Vladimir Shatalov
- Date of Birth: 12/08/1927
- Date of Death: 06/15/2021
- Nationality: Russia
- First Flight: 01/14/1969
- Last Flight: 04/22/1971
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Шаталов; born December 8, 1927) was a Soviet cosmonaut w...
Vladimir Solovyov
- Date of Birth: 11/11/1946
- Nationality: Russia
- First Flight: 02/08/1984
- Last Flight: 03/13/1986
Vladimir Alekseyevich Solovyov (Russian: Влади́мир Алексе́евич Соловьёв; born 11 November 1946) is a former Soviet cosmona...
Vladimir Vasyutin
- Date of Birth: 03/08/1952
- Date of Death: 07/19/2002
- Nationality: Russia
- First Flight: 09/17/1985
- Last Flight: 09/17/1985
Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin (Russian:Влaдимиp Bлaдимиpoвич Васютин, born March 8, 1952, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SS...
Vladislav Volkov
- Date of Birth: 11/23/1935
- Date of Death: 06/30/1971
- Nationality: Russia
- First Flight: 10/12/1969
- Last Flight: 06/06/1971
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (Russian: Владисла́в Никола́евич Во́лков; November 23, 1935 – June 30, 1971) was a Soviet ...
Vyacheslav Zudov
- Date of Birth: 01/08/1942
- Nationality: Russia
- First Flight: 10/14/1976
- Last Flight: 10/14/1976
Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov is a retired USSR cosmonaut. He was selected as a cosmonaut on 23 October 1965, flew as Commander on Soyuz 23 on 14�...
Wally Funk
- Date of Birth: 02/01/1938
- Date of Death: 07/08/2026
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 07/20/2021
- Last Flight: 07/20/2021
Mary Wallace "Wally" Funk is an American aviator and Goodwill Ambassador. She was the first female air safety investigator for the National Transporta...
Wally Schirra
- Date of Birth: 03/12/1923
- Date of Death: 05/03/2007
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 10/03/1962
- Last Flight: 10/11/1968
Walter Marty Schirra Jr. was an American naval aviator and NASA astronaut. In 1959, he became one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project ...
Walter Cunningham
- Date of Birth: 03/16/1932
- Date of Death: 01/03/2023
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 10/11/1968
- Last Flight: 10/11/1968
Ronnie Walter Cunningham was an American astronaut. In 1968, he was a Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 7 mission. He was NASA's third civilian astrona...
Walter Villadei
- Date of Birth: 04/29/1974
- Nationality: Italy
- First Flight: 06/29/2023
- Last Flight: 01/18/2024
Italian Air Force mission commander on the Virgin Galactic 01 flight. Backup pilot for the Axiom Space Mission 2, Pilon for the Axiom Space Mission 3,...
Wang Haozhe
- Date of Birth: 03/01/1990
- Nationality: China
- First Flight: 10/29/2024
- Last Flight: 10/29/2024
Wang Haozhe is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. She joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 2009 and enliste...
Wang Jie
- Date of Birth: 09/01/1989
- Nationality: China
- First Flight: 04/24/2025
- Last Flight: 04/24/2025
Wang Jie is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 2009 and enlisted in the...
Wang Yaping
- Date of Birth: 01/27/1980
- Nationality: China
- First Flight: 06/11/2013
- Last Flight: 10/15/2021
Colonel Wang Yaping is a Chinese military pilot and astronaut. Wang was the second female astronaut to be named by the CNSA, and the second Chinese wo...
Warren Hoburg
- Date of Birth: 09/16/1985
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 03/02/2023
- Last Flight: 03/02/2023
Warren Woodrow "Woody" Hoburg is an American engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2017.
Wendy B. Lawrence
- Date of Birth: 07/02/1959
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 03/02/1995
- Last Flight: 07/26/2005
Wendy Barrien Lawrence is a retired United States Navy Captain, former helicopter pilot, an engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. She was the first f...